From "At the Mercy of Loki, Prince of Evil!" in Journey into Mystery #108, September 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Chic Stone inks, Artie Simek letters. Photoshop color reduction.
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From "At the Mercy of Loki, Prince of Evil!" in Journey into Mystery #108, September 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Chic Stone inks, Artie Simek letters. Photoshop color reduction.
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TAGrewatch: Escape Proof
This week (Saturday 6th February - Friday 12th February) we are rewatching Escape Proof (S2E13)! To participate all you have to do is watch the episodes and make a post on Tumblr talking about it! Use the tag #TAGrewatch
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Thunderbirds DVD Rewatch - Season 2: Escape Proof. (Since there are a few pics I have put the first 10 then rest below the cut)
More Pics (Mainly featuring the FishTank) Below The Cut
Escape Proof - Re-Review #39
I thought The Mechanic had been a little bit too quiet since âUp from the Depthsâ (really itâs been five episodes without our new main villain).
Oh, and this one, really is photo heavy. I have no apologies.
Parker kicking a door in? Yes, I will accept that start to the episode!
Another ominous location though, I see. Sherbet tagging along behind though is quite sweet.
âMind your step Parker. Dead end, indeed!â
âSomeoneâs been digging.â
Someone had been... The Mechanic, by any chance? I think so.
âWhat is it, Sherbet? Is something down there?â
âNot something. Someone! Thatâs Morse Code for SOS.â
Good thing someone knows what that means! And thereâs someone trapped! Iâm going to say wasnât part of the plan, because I doubt The Mechanic really wanted IR called to the scene of his grand plan.
Nice shot of the Island.
âWe were looking through buildings once linked to The Hood when we came across this.â
That was good thinking by Lady Penelope and Parker though. See this is why you have a London Agent to do some âagentingâ (Gordon, âRing of Fireâ).
âIâm not waiting. Parker, bring the car around.â
And there we go, sheâs always a step ahead of the rest.
âDestruction on this scale could only be The Mechanic.â
âBut whereâs he going?â
And this was a pretty cool gear up, you have to admit.
This is Hoarse, appropriately named, as he will talk himself hoarse. Heâs a plumber as well.
âThatâs why they call me Hoarse. Cause I can talk myself Hoarse, you know.â
âCanât complain. Got me holidayâs coming up. Have you ever been to Spain? What am I kidding, you boys have probably been everywhere...â
âThis oneâs a talker.â
Yeah, Iâm just gonnaâ leave it there.
âWe need to track where The Mechanic is going, and that means getting through this debris.â
âFAB.â
Yes, did someone call for a removals service? Virgil is brilliant at shifting things, demolition is one of his areas of expertise as we all know. And Scott only reminded us last episode that we could leave the âheavy liftingâ to Virgil.
The soundtrack for this episode was pretty on point from the off as well.
âHeâs still talking.â
âWhatever keeps him occupied.â
Youâll thank him for it later, Gordon.
âJohn are you still locked in on my signal?â
âYes. And based on your current heading, Iâm calculating your path now. This isnât good. Lady Penelope, youâre heading straight for Parkmoor Scrubs Prison.â
âParkmoor Scrubs? Thatâs where theyâre holding The Hood. This is a prison break.â
Really? The title wasnât giving the possibility of that away to anyone? Anyone other than lonely little me here?
So remember in âCity Under the Seaâ, The Mechanic was searching the Creighton-Ward building for a safe containing plans for a prison, and Parker stopped him? Yeah, well unfortunately this guy is clearly too smart, because heâs managed it anyway.
âBut breaking The Hood out of Parkmoor Scrubs Prison is impossible!â
Are you sure you want to say that?
âBut Colonel, we know The Mechanic has already made one attempt at the designs for the place. Maybe he found something.â
You can bet that he did - he can rival Brains after all.
Johnâs smart thinking comes a little bit too late. If only theyâd searched for that signal again after âEarthbreakerâ.
âItâs coming from his eye.â
âIf heâs had that the whole time heâs been in there-â
Which he kinda must have, just saying.
â-This escape could have been planned from the start!â
Now youâre getting it! He did warn us in âLegacyâ and âEarthbreakerâ that something worse than him could come along, and that we hadnât seen the end of him.
âItâs like one big, giant game of pick up sticks.â
âExcept this is no game. A manâs life is at stake.â
Not having fun there, then Iâm guessing.
âOrange! Donât cut that one.â
Come on... click, click, click-
âHoarse, what kind of pipes are near you?â
Well done, Virgil.
âI was working on a green and white striped one.â
A bit easier than pick up sticks now, ey, Gordon?
âShould I be worried? Cause Iâm worried.â
I quite like the character of Hoarse. Itâs a shame we donât get to see him again. I think that would have been quite fun. Maybe he could have been a friend for Ned?
ââe canât âave vanished hinto thin hair. Where did âe go?â
Youâll be sorry you asked that, Parker.
âThey seem to be in a bit of a rush. I donât think theyâre going to stop for you, or us, or anyone.â
Yes, this is a prison break, remember!
âWell, you made quite an entrance. But you are two weeks late.â
âYouâre welcome.â
Yes, I agree, very ungrateful.
âInternational Rescue is here! Did you send out invitations?â
âTheyâre not a problem.â
âThey are to me.â
Well that says more about you, Hood. I think this really is the first moment where we get to see that maybe The Mechanic isnât quite as into this as The Hood. Theyâre actually quite at odds with each other once you put them together, and for me this little interaction definitely foreshadowed that things werenât going to work with these two. Theyâre not the super villain duet that they were potentially made out to be in âEarthbreakerâ and I think that actually was a really well-written move, and maybe not one which would have been expected by the masses.
Villains can be tricky things to write - thereâs always a fine line as to whether people find them and their actions believable or not. See, I never found these two more believable than when they were at odds with each other. I know many of us have expressed disappointment at the eventual motivation for The Hoodâs villainy (in TAG anyway), but The Mechanic actually had some kind of exploration going on (even though I would have loved a little more backstory, at least his motivations made perfect sense). The Chaos Crew were another pair of Villains in TAG that I struggle with (I mean, weâre not quite there yet, so Iâm not going to go into my reasons until we reach that point - which will be soon) and who didnât really aid in The Hoodâs character development as much as I think the writers thought they might.
They did a good job with The Hood in series 1 (and I know they were trying to both adapt and sustain elements from TOS with him), but I think TAGâs best villain by far is The Mechanic (and not because he was made up, nor because he has a redemption arc), or heâs at least, their best written villain. Once again, this is a conversation that could go on for a while, so Iâm actually going to pull it into one big post on villains - might be a wait for it thought as Iâm waiting to find a free pocket of time.
See that! A little talking never hurt anyone.
âGreen and white. My favourite colours.â
Yes I can see how that is true for Virgil. Gordon might have preferred yellow, but you canât always get what you want.
âGordon, step on it.â
âI stepped on a bug once, big as your hand, honest...â
âWhy are we stopping? Go out the way you came in.â
âI wouldnât advise that.â
âI donât want your advice. i want your absolute obedience.â
Asking a lot, isnât it?
âIâve done everything youâve asked me too.â
âYour machines are impressive; your results are pathetic. The only thing youâve ever done for me is fail.â
I wouldnât say thatâs quite true...
âNow follow my command.â
I think the clues were finally all there with this interaction - the cybernetic eye is going and suddenly The Mechanic moves to do as The Hood says, despite the only thing theyâve done since they reunited in person be to argue? Yeah, thatâs not a believable response, unless you are being controlled or have something held over you. If there was any doubt before, I donât think there is now to the state of play between these two.
âYou had to know theyâd be waiting for us.â
âWell obviously. I may be free, but we had to give them some sort of consolation prize.â
And there we have it, the big reveal, doubt eradicated.
âThe Hood and The Mechanic must not get away!â
Uhh... they both got away!
âIt looks like The Hood and The Mechanic both got away.â
Yep, Iâve already said that.
âSo now we have two master criminals on the loose?â
Keep up, Gordon, weâve already said that - twice in this case.
âI have a feeling itâs about to get very busy for all of us.â
âAnd weâll be ready for them.â
âIâm actually speechless.â
Well, by the very fact youâve just spoken Hoarse, youâre technically not, but okay.
âI mean look at me, Iâve got nothing. Iâve got nothing to say at all. Ask me something now, I couldnât tell you...â
And I think that was probably a good place indeed to put the credits. Otherwise, this could have been a bumper sized episode just for stories from Hoarse - imagine that!
This was an amusing shot though. Letâs all hide behind the pink car whilst we wait to apprehend the âmaster criminalsâ.
Also, as a little bonus, thereâs plenty of behind the scenes pictures available for this episode.

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Scribbs rewatches TAG Season 2- Escape Proof
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The Hoodâs eye in Escape Proof
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